CalDAV/CardDAV testing volunteers requested

Hello! (new update: 18th December 2017)

Damien has done some more great work and has a variety of fixes for some issues in CalDAV.

Please find the updated caldav package at:

 http://9.1.tst.merproject.org/index.php/s/NOV899WpTEBoHpa

with sha1sum:

 $ sha1sum buteo-sync-plugin-caldav-0.1.44-1.armv7hl.rpm 
 990f9cb4adf6644818e2e3ad6fb4ddb70f632787  buteo-sync-plugin-caldav-0.1.44-1.armv7hl.rpm

with dependency libsailfishkeyprovider (if you don't already have this or a higher version installed):

 http://9.1.tst.merproject.org/index.php/s/8O9goi2EzWPwJaP

which has sha1sum:

 $ sha1sum libsailfishkeyprovider-0.0.14-1.armv7hl.rpm 
 bfa12e8995e9c34df406b154a5d1a82c66838d50  libsailfishkeyprovider-0.0.14-1.armv7hl.rpm

Note that there is also an updated kcalcore (calendar backend API) package however it's too large to be uploaded to that OwnCloud instance. I've asked one of our Infra guys to help raise the upload limit so that this one can be provided also; I will update this post when that one becomes available.

If anyone is able to help test these packages, I would greatly appreciate it. A few people have sent me emails over the last week or so with issues they have found with the previous caldav package - please try again with this new package as it should resolve a couple of those issues.

Best regards,

Chris.

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Hello again! (new update: 10th October 2017)

Damien has been investigating a variety of issues in the CalDAV sync plugin, and has produced patches for quite a few things. Huge thanks to him for his hard work!

This new CalDAV plugin package should fix a variety of issues, notably some calendar duplication issues as well as the offline-availability issue, but before we ship it in a release, I'd like to ask volunteers to test the package thoroughly. As always, the usual caveats apply (this is pre-production code, which hasn't had full QA run on it, so please only test this against a test server or with data which you have securely backed up).

The package can be downloaded from (updated 8th November, valid until 30th November):

 http://9.1.tst.merproject.org/index.php/s/YAolxPTtqumP8ed

it is hosted on an insecure server, so please double check that the sha1sum matches as follows:

 $ sha1sum buteo-sync-plugin-caldav-0.1.43-1.armv7hl.rpm 
 629debd1d7221b3cd3c8bd2cbb8377013e1a0985  buteo-sync-plugin-caldav-0.1.43-1.armv7hl.rpm

You may also need to install this dependency package (updated 8th November, valid until 30th November):

 http://9.1.tst.merproject.org/index.php/s/JdBghPnJXA1Kfvo

which has the following sha1sum:

 $ sha1sum libsailfishkeyprovider-0.0.14-1.armv7hl.rpm 
 bfa12e8995e9c34df406b154a5d1a82c66838d50  libsailfishkeyprovider-0.0.14-1.armv7hl.rpm

These can be installed via "devel-su rpm -Uvh --force libsailfishkeyprovider-0.0.14-1.armv7hl.rpm buteo-sync-plugin-caldav-0.1.43-1.armv7hl.rpm" on the device.

As always, if you observe any problems, please collect sync logs via the instructions from https://sailfishos.org/wiki/CalDAV_and_CardDAV_Community_Contributions#Sync_Logs and email me or contact me on IRC :-)

Best regards,

Chris.

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older post:

Hi!

New edit: 29 June 2017

We're asking for volunteers to help test again. I think I have resolved the calendar duplication issue now, but need many testers to try, to make sure.

The CalDAV plugin is the main one which has been updated, the other packages are provided also but haven't changed as far as I can remember. Details follow. Please check the sha1sum as shown, to be sure that the packages haven't been tampered with, as the server is not secure.

The CalDAV plugin:

http://9.1.tst.merproject.org/index.php/s/7bIjbZuYt6TIwOz
$ sha1sum buteo-sync-plugin-caldav-0.1.41-1.armv7hl.rpm 
8f323adc7c2b5238001a3b54c0e5c1c37c73e8b5  buteo-sync-plugin-caldav-0.1.41-1.armv7hl.rpm

The CardDAV plugin:

http://9.1.tst.merproject.org/index.php/s/mnSdUmueKrH1Efn
$ sha1sum buteo-sync-plugin-carddav-0.0.28-1.armv7hl.rpm 
9e40ac235736b767598e16d3bf6211b59a2a181d  buteo-sync-plugin-carddav-0.0.28-1.armv7hl.rpm

And the libsailfishkeyprovider package which is required by both of the above packages:

http://9.1.tst.merproject.org/index.php/s/L3tT1VPbKu2gSaJ
$ sha1sum libsailfishkeyprovider-0.0.14-1.armv7hl.rpm 
a567814c14defd5a7555862aed1ee978cb1d3ba5  libsailfishkeyprovider-0.0.14-1.armv7hl.rpm

If you still see calendar duplication, please send me an email with a sync log collected as shown in https://sailfishos.org/wiki/CalDAV_and_CardDAV_Community_Contributions#Sync_Logs - thanks!

Best regards, Chris.

older edit -----------------------

Hi Everyone,

Once again, if anyone is able to provide help testing it would be appreciated!

The caldav plugin can be found at:

 http://9.1.tst.merproject.org/index.php/s/OJOTrHd460BiNjw

where

 $ sha1sum buteo-sync-plugin-caldav-0.1.41-1.armv7hl.rpm 
 85e42249228aec2642d09749f271871cbed50ff4  buteo-sync-plugin-caldav-0.1.41-1.armv7hl.rpm

and the carddav plugin can be found at:

 http://9.1.tst.merproject.org/index.php/s/uKMkaKv2SOZK57y

where

 $ sha1sum buteo-sync-plugin-carddav-0.0.27-1.armv7hl.rpm 
 9177bb9c79f86fd10a139de1148670956a263c1b  buteo-sync-plugin-carddav-0.0.27-1.armv7hl.rpm

Also they have a dependency, libsailfishkeyprovider, which is available from:

 http://9.1.tst.merproject.org/index.php/s/ciGVZYu2BaFEBdv

where

 $ sha1sum libsailfishkeyprovider-0.0.14-1.armv7hl.rpm 
 a567814c14defd5a7555862aed1ee978cb1d3ba5  libsailfishkeyprovider-0.0.14-1.armv7hl.rpm

Please do check the sha1sum matches as the server is not secure.

Once you have downloaded and verified the sha1sum is correct, please scp them to the device, and install the plugins via:

 rpm -Uvh --force *rpm

and then reboot the device.

Test that synchronisation works for you, and if you encounter any issues, please collect a sync log following the instructions from https://sailfishos.org/wiki/CalDAV_and_CardDAV_Community_Contributions#Sync_Logs and send the log to chris dot adams at jolla dot com so that I can investigate.

Thanks!

Chris.

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Hi,

During the most recent CalDAV/CardDAV Contributors Meeting (see summary of meeting at https://sailfishos.org/wiki/CalDAV_and_CardDAV_Community_Contributions#13.2F03.2F2017_Meeting) we decided that one particular patch to our CalDAV plugin might need extra testing due to the potential for regressions. It would be great if some members of the community would be willing to help test a package with this patch included (requires developer-mode), to help us identify any regressions (note that this particular patch is currently aimed for the 2.1.1 release, so we have time to fix issues which are noted).

Some important points:

1) The CalDAV and CardDAV plugins are still considered experimental; this particular package should be considered very much experimental and with that in mind, should only be tested by experienced users with non-critical data / accounts.

2) Please take backups (both of local device data and of server data) prior to testing, especially if you are using your own server or account for the testing.

3) If you are using one of the test accounts listed here, please ensure that no personal information is upsynced (e.g. please use fake calendar events etc to avoid leaking private information to those public servers).

4) Any issues found can be reported directly to me via email at chris dot adams at jolla dot com or via the Mer Project bugtracker at https://bugs.merproject.org

I have built an rpm package with the patch for MER#1646 included, and it is available for download for the next couple of weeks from here

Please note that this is hosted on an insecure server, so before installing it on your device, please check that the sha1sum of the rpm file matches the following:

$ sha1sum buteo-sync-plugin-caldav-0.1.40-1.armv7hl.rpm 
98861dc509ef0d3ce791d4eb91ceb27b7dfbaa45  buteo-sync-plugin-caldav-0.1.40-1.armv7hl.rpm

Alternatively, build the caldav plugin package yourself from git, by checking out master and then cherry-picking the change from this MR on top.

EDIT: I had forgotten that this now has a new dependency, so please also install the updated libsailfishkeyprovider package from here or build it from git here

$ sha1sum libsailfishkeyprovider-0.0.14-1.armv7hl.rpm 
0e07f7625a2e8afd093d951b85270e9a02aa7c99  libsailfishkeyprovider-0.0.14-1.armv7hl.rpm

Once you have the rpms, scp them to your device and install them via rpm -Uvh --force buteo-sync-plugin-caldav-0.1.40-1.armv7hl.rpm libsailfishkeyprovider-0.0.14-1.armv7hl.rpm and then reboot the device.

Sync logs of failing cases can be be gathered following the instructions from here - thanks.

I did a basic smoke test and verified that very basic local and remote changes are synchronised between the device and the remote server successfully, however I only tested a couple of very basic changes. Any help to perform more manual testing would be greatly appreciated!

Best regards,

Chris.